Jean Seaton: 2 books
Pinkoes and Traitors
The BBC and the nation, 1974–1987
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
This compelling account of a turbulent period in the history of the BBC opens at a time of national decline under the Labour governments of Harold Wilson and James Callaghan, and ends during Margaret Thatcher's iconoclastic Conservative premiership. The intervening years saw mass unemployment, trade...
Power Without Responsibility
Press, Broadcasting and the Internet in Britain
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2018
This book attacks the conventional history of the press as a story of progress; offers a critical defence and history of public service broadcasting; provides a myth-busting account of the internet; a subtle account of the impact of social media and explores key debates about the role and politics...